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Chip Ganassi Set to Double Up IndyCar Champion Team

Reigning IZOD IndyCar Series championship owner Chip Ganassi will be doubling his efforts in the series in 2011, adding two additional cars to his trophy stable. The team, which would not confirm or comment on the long-rumored news, has scheduled a press conference Thursday in Indianapolis where Ganassi will introduce the...

Six Months on the Job, IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard Learning, Doing

Randy Bernard has been on the job for six months, and as anyone new to a large organization knows, the sheer challenge of simply remembering every one he's met has been a job in itself. "I've met something like 2,700 people so far," Bernard said last week. "At least that's how many are added in my database." That may...

IndyCar Schedule Annoucement Includes New Races, Name Change

WEST ALLIS, Wis. -- Tire marks remain unpainted along the white walls of the Milwaukee Mile here, and race logos still emblazon the frontstretch pavement from the last time the NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series competed here in 2009. Even the media center podium features a backdrop celebrating the title...

Milwaukee Mile Looks to Be Back on IndyCar Schedule

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The IndyCar series has called a press conference at the Milwaukee Mile on Friday to announce its 2011 schedule, which means, of course, that the venerable old race track will be back in the series come next year. The Mile withdrew from hosting marquee racing events this year after past promoters had...

Helio Castroneves Wins at Kentucky on Fuel Gamble

This time, Helio Castroneves was all hugs with IndyCar's security director Charles Burns. Castroneves won Saturday night's Kentucky Indy 300 at Kentucky Speedway after his Penske team made a shrewd call for an extra pit stop during the race's second and final caution period. Just weeks ago, of course, Castroneves was...

IndyCar News From the Web

04/18/12 Shifting into 'Fifth Gear' Source: Detroit Free Press - Detroit MI More than 600 Detroit Public Schools students will get hands-on lessons in the high-speed, high-tech world of motor racing at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix this summer.

Background on IndyCar

IndyCar is the trade name of an American-based open-wheel auto racing sanctioning body. IndyCar sanctions four racing series, the premier IZOD IndyCar Series (often abbreviated ICS or IICS) with its centerpiece Indianapolis 500, and developmental series Firestone Indy Lights, the Star Mazda Championship and the U.S.

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